Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
23 [a] Some traveled on[b] the sea in ships,
and carried cargo over the vast waters.[c]
24 They witnessed the acts of the Lord,
his amazing feats on the deep water.
25 He gave the order for a windstorm,[d]
and it stirred up the waves of the sea.[e]
26 They[f] reached up to the sky,
then dropped into the depths.
The sailors’ strength[g] left them[h] because the danger was so great.[i]
27 They swayed[j] and staggered like drunks,
and all their skill proved ineffective.[k]
28 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;
he delivered them from their troubles.
29 He calmed the storm,[l]
and the waves[m] grew silent.
30 The sailors[n] rejoiced because the waves[o] grew quiet,
and he led them to the harbor[p] they desired.
31 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,
and for the amazing things he has done for people.[q]
32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people.
Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside.[r]
37 At this also my heart pounds
and leaps from its place.
2 Listen carefully[a] to the thunder of his voice,
to the rumbling[b] that proceeds from his mouth.
3 Under the whole heaven he lets it go,
even his lightning to the far corners[c] of the earth.
4 After that a voice roars;
he thunders with an exalted voice,
and he does not hold back his lightning bolts[d]
when his voice is heard.
5 God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways;[e]
he does great things beyond our understanding.[f]
6 For to the snow he says, ‘Fall[g] to earth,’
and to the torrential rains,[h] ‘Pour down.’[i]
7 He causes everyone to stop working,[j]
so that all people[k] may know[l] his work.
8 The wild animals go to their lairs,
and in their dens they remain.
9 A tempest blows out from its chamber,
icy cold from the driving winds.[m]
10 The breath of God produces ice,
and the breadth of the waters freeze solid.
11 He loads the clouds with moisture;[n]
he scatters his lightning through the clouds.
12 The clouds[o] go round in circles,
wheeling about according to his plans,
to carry out[p] all that he commands them
over the face of the whole inhabited world.
13 Whether it is for punishment,[q]
or for his land,
or for mercy,
he causes it to find its mark.[r]
The Arrival of the Son of Man
25 “And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars,[a] and on the earth nations will be in distress,[b] anxious[c] over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves. 26 People will be fainting from fear[d] and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.[e] 27 Then[f] they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud[g] with power and great glory. 28 But when these things[h] begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption[i] is drawing near.”
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